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Home from Hong Kong

2002-12-07 20:18:18+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

On Friday I took the tram to the top of the peak. On the north side of the bay I'd noticed that there were still lots of undeveloped slopes, when I asked if the mountains were stable enough to build on I was told "if the government would let us, we'd find a way".

I chalked that up to arrogance 'til I rode the tram, and discovered that on the south side there were skyscrapers built on some pretty amazing slopes. Then it really did get too steep.

Had dinner at a small restaurant at the top, worst meal I had in Hong Kong. Not actively bad, just not mind-blowingly good.

Saw this sign in the entrance to the restroom at the airport. Words to live by.

Saturday morning I watched the sun rise from the Hong Kong airport, got on the plane, and arrived at SFO slightly earlier on Saturday. Had to actively start using English again.

Great trip, but it's damned good to be home. Observations and more pictures dribbled out over the next few. Need to stitch some panoramas together, too. Alas, there's only so much interesting picture taking at night, but I got a few shots worth sharing.

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#Comment made: 2002-12-08 01:49:05+00 by: TC

Dam! that first picture is dripping with electricity. It looks like scene from Akira. Welcome Back. Wanna do lunch? Chinese?